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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Catholic bishops lift Covid-19 restrictions, urge all to return to Mass
New Zealand's Catholic bishops have lifted all remaining pandemic restrictions on attending Mass and urged all the faithful to return to Sunday Mass. This follows the Government removing most Covid-19 requirements along with the "traffic light" system this week ...
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Kia ora koutou whanau Katorika. Today is Ratapu-Sunday in Maori Language Week-Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. This image is the friendly challenge list from the resources we created for this special week.
** The bishops have lifted all remaining pandemic restrictions on attending Mass, following the Government removing most Covid-19 requirements along with the "traffic light" system this week.
** Courtesy of the Diocese of Christchurch for this, Maori Language Week-Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. For today, Rapare-Thursday, the Our Father in Maori.
** Here is a video of Pa Peter Tipene praying the Our Father in Maori ...
** Ata marie! Cardinal John reflects on the importance of Maori Language Week-Te Wiki o te Reo Maori for te whanau Katorikia o Aotearoa.
** Today (12 September) we honour the Most Holy Name of Mary. Fr Neil Vaney SM has written a lovely piece to mark this special day ...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.
Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: Jenny Gordon humbled by Queen's Birthday accolade
"Receiving this honour has been both overwhelming and very humbling for me as I have played just a small part in the development and success of Catholic education." That was Jenny Gordon's reaction to being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list for services to Catholic education.
Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: Services to community, history, youth, rugby recognised
[Includes Patrick Walsh, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Catholic education]
Letter to Pope claims church mishandling NZ redress process
Otago Daily Times14 Sep 2022PRAVEEN MENON
A New Zealand group representing survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has called on Pope Francis to intervene in the redress process, claiming that church authorities were mishandling it and retraumatising victims.
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
RNZ. Maapuna. Dame Georgina Kingi and St Joseph's Maori Girls College
This thirty-minute radio documentary features St Joseph's Maori Girls College in the Hawkes Bay which is the subject of a comprehensive new book by Malcolm Mulholland. But no story about St Joseph's can be told without mentioning its current principal, Dame Georgina Kingi. She was a student at St Joseph's in the early 1960s and first became principal in the late 1980s. She upholds a tradition dating back to 1867 when the school was founded by French Catholic nuns. Dame Whina Cooper was a student and more recently the likes of Dame Hinewehi Mohi and Moana Maniapoto. Julian Wilcox attended the launch of Malcolm Mulholland's book and afterwards it was kanohi ki te kanohi with Dame Georgina Kingi in the St Joseph's chapel ...
Students OK as bus dangles above motorway
An Auckland Catholic girls college is praising emergency services after a bus carrying pupils was left dangling over a motorway overpass. St Mary's College principal Sarah Dwan said it was fortunate that a staff member was in a car behind the stricken coach and was able to offer immediate help this morning ...
Students challenged to learn world's longest place name during Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
Students at a Timaru secondary school are tackling a long pronunciation challenge as they celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori - Te Reo Maori Language Week. "We will be working on our pronunciation by getting students to attempt to say the world's longest place name," Roncalli College teacher, Kerryn Olsen, said about the name of a hill in Hawke's Bay.
The 14-year-old leading the charge to get young people into nature
When Nate Wilbourne was 11 years old, he announced his house predator-free. Since then, the Year 10 Garin College student has taken part in tree plantings, volunteered at the Brook Sanctuary, studied fish in his local waterways, and helped band birds with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand ...
Fire at Sacred Heart College, school evacuated
Sacred Heart College (Glendowie, Auckland) has been evacuated after a fire broke out in the technology room of the school while children were inside, the headmaster says.
Kindling a passion for farming at school
A pilot scheme aiming to kindle a passion for the farming industry is being held with year 5-6 pupils at St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi.
Palmerston North school starts new chapter with 'warm and wonderful' library
A Palmerston North school has confirmed its commitment to improving the literacy of its pupils with the opening of a new library building. St James' School held a blessing to open its refurbished library on Monday. The old library and a classroom were demolished in 2019 and then work started on the new build.
Ogonowska Education Charitable Trust announces new grants
The Trustees of the Ogonowska Education Charitable Trust, (Jenny Gordon MNZM, Halina Ogonowska-Coates and Gordon Noble-Campbell) are pleased to announce the awarding of three grants to primary school students in the Wellington Archdiocese. The grants made by the Trust will meet the Archdiocese Attendance Dues for each of the three grant recipients in 2023.
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TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C)
Today's Mass, celebrated by Pa Peter Tipene in the parish of St Mary of the Immaculate Conception parish, Avondale, Auckland, can be viewed at:
Sunday Mass is also broadcast on Shine TV (Freeview channel 25) at 2 pm and live streamed at:
https://www.shinetv.co.nz/videos/live (only viewable in New Zealand).
Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Stephen Ready and Malia Vito-Tupai:
Luke 16:1-13 The shrewd manager
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Other New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
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Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (audio):
Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections: https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/
Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - https://livingtheword.org.nz/
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
On border with Russia, Pope urges world leaders to reject 'destructive rhetoric' of war
In his final act in the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, before boarding a return flight to Rome, Pope Francis Thursday condemned the "folly of war" and urged global leaders to refrain from "aggressive and destructive" statements that harm peacemaking efforts ...
Trip notebook: Papal critics, an ambassador for Italian and sitting on the same level
In Kazakhstan, the pope buttressed his profile this week as what one might call the "chairman of the board" of religious moderates everywhere, and in every tradition, by insisting that true religious faith is incompatible with terror, violence, and injustice. All this is entirely consistent with Francis's general approach, and none of it was unexpected. Once we increase the focus to granular detail, however, there are a few interesting elements of the Kazakhstan outing which merit at least a moment's thought ...
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EMPLOYMENT
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Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette:
Vacancies at Caritas Aotearoa:
Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...
Hamilton: https://www.cdh.org.nz/jobs
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
The six dioceses:
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New Zealand Catholic
Periodicals & Newsletters
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'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. https://nzcatholic.org.nz/
Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'.
Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com' http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/welcom/
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform'
https://chchcatholic.nz/?sid=25 (Latest news - Latest Inform)
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. Pastoral Newsletter
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires'
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East'
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger'
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ.
https://www.svdp.org.nz/resources/ Newsletters. News in Brief:
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine.
https://tuimotu.org/ Scroll down to Articles, Explore More
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Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)
'NZ Catholic' newspaper
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Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ
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News of the Church
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